"Donny Harder Jr." <
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> I would imagine a fair number of people would be interested.
We'll see. I have no sense of it. Cascade was at least willing to put it up on their daily rides
sheet, but I haven't heard anyone say they're coming.
> Are you planning to roll out, maybe a "training program" so others can participate? Maybe
> something to think about as you develop this first ride.
If I have sufficient interest, I'd do this as a monthly ride. I'm already beginning to regret the
location, although the trail has the advantage of being easy to ride and everyone knows it.
Here's the plan:
Get a sense of people's bicycling and meditation experience. Do some coordinated
stretching/breathing exercises, maybe as structured as sun salutations, maybe not. Talk about
intentions and how to set them. Introduce the idea of using pedalling or breathing as a focus for
the mind. Ride a little. Get everyone's feedback, and ride a little more.
If people have this down, then the next step is to talk a little about the music in your brain when
you ride. We'd then do a little very basic chanting. I realize using your voice in this culture is
scary as all hell, so I'll have to do some to establish trust among the group and also do this
sufficiently off of the trail such that people are willing to do it with sufficient kavanah. After
that, we all get on our bikes and ride a little. Get feedback, answer questions, ride a little more.
Final segment, if we have time, talk about making blessings, only on the very basic level. Ride a
little, talk a little about the experience, answer questions, and get on the bike, and ride a
little more.
Anyone who is speedy can do breathing/stretching/meditation work while waiting for the others to
catch up to each rendezvous point.
We may not get through all of this -- I'm not planning to spend more than two hours on it. If all we
do is part one, and the other sections happen another day, that's fine with me.
The next question is -- hot lunch afterwards where? It's pouring rain right now, so the idea of Pho
sounds appealing.
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